Leave during a pandemic

Reflecting back on the first half of a Study leave during a pandemic

In the time of Plague. . .

A Receipt against the plague and a preservative:

Aloes hepatica pure cinnamon mirth of each; 3 cloves mace wood of aloes called ligum [or possibly liguin] aloes masticke Bolarmoniack of each mix altogether and make thereof very fine po[tion?]: whereof take early in the morning with white wine mixed with a little water wikerus or wikeras

“Wine glass” by creative_realmz is licensed under CC BY 2.0

I set a really aggressive learning agenda, and I am just not that quick! I completely overestimated what I thought I could accomplish and yet I do feel like I am achieving a lot!

1. Wikidata summer school certificate
2. Py4e Python certificates (3) Python Data Structures, Using Python to Access Web Data, Using Databases with Python
3. Built a static website with Jekyll Academic and GitHub
4. Worked through many chapters of The Programming Historian, focusing on the acquiring and data cleansing. I am using this to this of ways to improve our loading of material into the repository.
5. Oxford DH Humanities Data: Case Studies and Approaches: Workshop

I took me about a week to stop fretting over messages though various channels that were about day to day work things. I turned off notifications so that I was not constantly bombarded with distractions away you from the tasks that you set out for yourself

How to Spend Way Less Time on Email Every Day

I also also discovered this idea, to put like tasks together, i.e., batch tasks Time is a precious commodity that needs to be guarded and spent wisely. I plan to be more protective of mine and be more deliberate and plan.

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